Shade and curtain-pole support.



0. A. WOLFE &. W. H.8TEINMETZ.

SHADE AND CURTAIN POLE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION I'ILED JULY 23, 1908.

awveuboni //8 and Patented Jan; 26, 1909-.

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0., WASHINGTON, n. cy

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTA A. WOLFE AND WILLIAM H. STEINMETZ, OF VAN WERT, OHIO.

SHADE AND CURTAIN-POLE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 23, 190B.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OTA A. WOLFE and WILLIAM H. STEINMETZ, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Van Wert, in the county of Van Wert andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShade and Curtain-Pole Supports, and do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to combined shade and curtain pole supports, andhas for its object the provision of a device of this character whichwill obviate certain inherent difficulties, which have been general insuch constructions.

Heretofore the brackets have been secured to the front of thewindow-frame by nailing or securing with screws. When the brackets wereremoved the frame was disfigured, and it is therefore the object of ourinvention to prevent such disfigurement, and at the same time produce adevice which will be neat in appearance, cheap to manufacture andefficient in operation.

Broadly stated the invention consists in providing a device of thischaracter which is provided with means for attaching the structure tothe side of the frame without in any way marring the front, and anadjustable shade support and curtain pole bracket.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, aswill be more fully described and particularly pointed out in theappended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of awindow-frame with the device attached thereto, Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of one of the brackets removed from the Window-frame, Fig. 3 is avertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a detailtransverse section on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

As both of the brackets are similar in every respect we shall describeonly one of them. In the drawings 1 represents the body of the device,which is preferably triangular in outline with a cut away portion 2,whereby the structure is lightened. The lower horizontal member 3 of thebody is slotted at 4 to receive the clam ing bolt 5 of the shade bracket6, which is sli ably mounted upon the mem- V ber 3 to work inconjunction with the opposite bracket, which is similar in every respectexcept that it is slotted instead of being provided with a hole 7, as isthe bracket 6. 'ihe forward edge of the bracket is provided with a smalllip 8, which enters the slot and prevents the bracket from twisting.

A suitable clip 9 is stamped up out of the blank so as to be folded overthe vertical member 10, of the body and thereby form a retaining devicefor the curtain pole bracket 11. This curtain pole bracket is formed bybending its body at right angles and at its lower extremity againbending the material back upon itself to form a truss member 12. At theupper part of the vertical member 10 I notch the body as at 13 toreceive a headed stud 14, which is carried by the body 11, adjacent itsright angular bend. It will thus be seen that the bracket 11 may bereadily removed when not desired. In order to attach the body 1 to thewindow-frame 15 I provide right angular ears or lugs 16, which are bentup out of the material of the body and extend inwardly from the verticalmember 10. These ears or lugs are apertured at 17 to receive fasteningdevices of any suitable character.

When the brackets are secured to either side of the window-frame it willbe seen that the curtain pole bracket 11 may be placed in positionthereon, or removed therefrom with case when the curtains are done awaywith. Ihe shade brackets 6 may be adjusted up and down for differentsized shades and clamped in any adjusted position, the lip or tongue 8preventing the twisting or turning of these brackets.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extended exlanation.

Various changes in the orm, roportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as defined in theappended claim.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is In a device of the class described, a body, meansto secure said body to a support, a cli bent up from said body to form achanne said body being notched above the clip,

an angular pole bracket having its lower end set our hands in presenceof two subscribing held in the channel by said clip, and alaterwitnesses.

ally projecting headed bolt secured to the 1 upper end of the fiolebracket and adapted g F i 5 to engage the note so as to hold the bracketon the body and limit its downward move- Witnesses:

ment. BERTHA WOLFE,

In testimony whereof we have hereunto O. S. MAUK'.

